Clamp for holding dressing in fowls and the like



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CLAMP FOR HOLDING DRESSING I FOWLS AND THE LIKE Filed April 1, 1952 Patented Mar. 7, 1933 I v r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 CHESTER JAMEs PARKER, E cA SoE cIrY, NEvAne CLAMP EoR HOLDING DRESSING IN FOWLS'AND THE LIKE Application filed April 1, 1932. Serial No. 602,572.

This invention relates to a clamp for holdtions of the member 1 are spaced from the ing dressing in fowls and the like, the general ends of said member while the projections 5' object of the invention being to provide a of the member 1 are arranged at the ends of pair of elongated jaw members pivotally consaid member so that when the projections 5 nected together and having spring means for 5 and 5 are rolled to form the barrels 4 and. causing the members to grip the fowl ad- 4:, such barrels will be in alinement' with jacent the slit therein to hold the dressing each other. A rod 6 is passed through the within the fowl and thus eliminating the use barrels for hingedlyconnecting the members of stitching or the like now used. I together, and a spring 7 encircles the central 10 This invention also consists in certain other part of the rod and has one end engaging 55 features of construction and in the combithe outer face of one of the jaw members and i nation and arrangement of the several parts the other end the outer face of the other jaw to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated member so as to normally hold the jaw memin the accompanying drawing and specifibers in closed position as shown in Fig. 3. cally pointed out in the appended claim. A central part of the upper edge of each 60 In describing the invention in detail, refjaw member is provided with a rounded part erence will be had to the accompanying draw- 8 which is bent outwardly to form a handle, ing wherein like characters denote like or so that by grasping these handles and movcorresponding parts throughout the several ing them towards each other, the two portions i dri hi h V of the jaw members will be moved apart so Figure 1 is an elevation of the device. as to grip fowl or other objects to be dressed Fig. 2 is a fragmentary bottom plan view. adjacent the slit which receives the dressing, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. and the spring means will hold the device Fi 4 is a fragmentary elevation of one In this gripping position so as to hold the of the jaw members before it is bent. dressing within the fowl. 70 Fig. 5 is a similar view of the other jaw Thus I have provided simple means for member but omitting most of the teeth 3. holding dressing in a fowl and eli inat th As shown in these views, the device comuse of stitching and the like,

prises a pair of jaw members 1, 1 each of It is thought from the foregoing descripwhich is formed with the teeth 2 at its lower tion that the advantages and novel features edge and said lower edge is bent inwardly of the invention will be readily apparent. as shown at 3 with the teeth intermeshing Itis to be understood that changes may with each other when the jaws are in closed be made in the construction and in the composition as also shown in Figs. 2 and 3. As bination and arrangement of the several shown in Fig. 3, the parts 3 are bent beyond Darts provided that such changes fall withright angular position, so that the teeth will in the scope of the appended claim. cross each other when the jaw members are Having thus described my invention, what in closed position, thus enabling them to se- I claim as new is 7 curely hold the walls of-the split in the fowl A device for holding dressing in fowls closed. and the like comprising a pair of elongated .85

Each member 1, 1' is of elongated form and plates having their lower edges bent inward- I is formed with the barrel portions 4, 4 proly beyond a right angular position, said edges vided by turning the projections 5, 5"on the being notched to provide teeth, the teeth of upper edge of each jaw member into rolled one member crossing the teeth of the other form as shown. As will be seen the projecmember when the jaw members formed by 9 the plates are in closed position, the upper edge of each plate having projections which are rolled to form barrels, a rod passing through the barrels for hingedly connecting the two plates together, the central portion of the upper edge of each plate loeing extended and bent outwardly to form handles with the hinged rod passing between the handles and a spring encircling the central part of the rod and having its ends engaging the out-er faces of the plates for normally holding the teeth in overlapping relation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHESTER JAMES PARKER. 

